Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 295: The Prayer of the Son of the Holy Dragon

The goblin city-state in the western part of the continent obviously had no right to refuse the request made by the Holy Dragon Noah, and Noah now had a vassal in the west.

Yes, it was just a vassal. Noah did not choose to incorporate the goblin city-states into his own rule, nor did he plan to migrate all the goblin city-states across hundreds of thousands of miles. Although he originally had this idea, the plan has been cancelled.

The main reason was that after seeing the goblins, Noah felt that he still couldn't stand these green-skinned guys. These guys were challenging his aesthetic taste. Noah didn't want these green guys to hang around under his nose every day.

Therefore, it is better to choose to turn a blind eye and provide military assistance to the goblin city-state in exchange for the goblin engineers providing technical support to the Holy Dragon Land.

The Goblin City-State needs to ensure that there are at least fifty engineers in the Holy Dragon Land to provide technical assistance to the regiment's weapons research and development, and this total number is capped at ten more every ten years.

Noah did not require any specific engineers because he was not familiar with the goblin city-state. Specific requirements could be raised after the engineers moved in and started weapons research and development.

This result can be said to be similar to that of the warlock who first made suggestions to Noah, but Noah did not need to spend a lot of money to recruit them. Instead, the goblin city-states that had become vassals took the initiative to provide their high-end technical talents in the form of tribute.

Of course, in return, the goblins will receive military assistance from the Eastern Holy Dragon, and a cloud giant army will be stationed near the goblin city-state for a long time to protect these fragile green-skinned dwarves.

As for what kind of impact this legion will have on the situation in the surrounding areas, Noah doesn't care. Anyway, for the goblins, it will definitely be a positive change.

The living space of this group of arms dealers will inevitably expand as a result, their political status relative to the surrounding areas will inevitably grow rapidly, and they will be able to obtain more resources.

It was for this reason that Noah required the goblins to send ten additional permanent engineers every ten years, who could bring their families with them.

If he really misses his hometown, the Goblin City-State must send another engineer to take his place, and the number must be maintained at the number he requires.

When the required number of engineers arrived, Noah first put forward requirements for the appearance of the weapons being developed. While ensuring that the power is not affected, he can consider increasing some costs and optimizing its appearance, so that it at least looks beautiful and elegant.

Noah didn't want his soldiers to go onto the battlefield in the future with a bunch of broken weapons that looked like they were cobbled together. This would make the enemy laugh to death and also mock him, the Holy Dragon, for his stinginess and poverty.

The research and development of new weapons does not take too long, because the goblins themselves already have a very mature weapons system. However, the appearance of the weapons they developed is really not satisfactory in Noah's opinion.

Therefore, the first batch of engineers only needed to make adjustments and modifications to the appearance of the weapons under the command of the fairies who were familiar with Noah's aesthetics, so that they could be mass-produced after being concise, beautiful and elegant.

However, these new weapons, which were only powerful enough to injure the Golden Warriors at most, were only distributed to the city defense forces in various cities in Noah's territory. As for the soldiers of the regiment, Noah felt that they were not up to standard.

Soldiers of the regiments that need to face the most brutal battles should be equipped with standard weapons that can at least pose a fatal threat to gold-level creatures. Otherwise, there is no point in equipping them.

The research and development of this kind of weapon will take some time, but not long, because the Holy Dragon Land can provide better materials for this group of goblins, and the mages can also provide alchemical technologies such as inscriptions and enchantments for joint research and development.

However, it is foreseeable that the cost of such weapons, even if they can be manufactured through an assembly line, will be so high that ordinary noble lords will find it difficult to accept.

Just like what adoptive mother Selena said at the beginning, if the money is used, it is better to train a few extraordinary professionals of the same level, or equip yourself with more powerful equipment. In any case, it is more cost-effective than spending it on external things.

The reason why Noah doesn't care about these is because he knows that after large-scale production on the assembly line, the cost can be reduced infinitely.

Moreover, a major factor that determines cost is the supply and price of raw materials, but the value of raw materials is not absolute, because the scarcity of materials is determined by region and demand.

Some seemingly scarce materials can be found everywhere under special circumstances, just like roadside stones.

For example, materials such as Mithril and Mountain Copper, which are now sought after by mages, are only scarce relative to the material world.

In Noah's memory, an ancestor of the same race found a metal continent suspended in the void, which was covered with high-quality, high-purity metal veins.

"Expedition, development, colonization..."

The highest goal and pursuit of the vast majority of dragon lords who choose to become rulers must be to establish a vast empire spanning multiple dimensions.

This is determined by the character of the dragon clan. Once the dragon clan has a desire and need for something, they will definitely want more and better, and will never be satisfied.

Of course, most of the Dragon Lords just thought about it and could not do it because of their limited abilities. Being able to change from a lord to a lord of a country is a huge leap forward, not to mention becoming the lord of an empire.

But for Noah, founding an empire is not an impossible thing. Of course, it is still a little far away for him at the moment, but he is indeed preparing for it subconsciously.

"The road is long and difficult!"

Noah let out a long sigh and went to check on his eldest son, because the ten-year agreement with him was about to expire. According to the agreement, Noah would remove the seal on him and return all his identity, status and power to him.

This time, Noah did not stay in his own palace, but chose to anchor the location of his offspring, and then descend.

Without any warning, the golden dragon that had been entrenched in the mountains for decades without moving suddenly broke through the space in front of it, locked onto the spatial coordinates of the eldest son based on the blood connection, and began to cross the vast and endless ocean.

The palace that Noah built for himself could effectively control the disturbance caused by the broken space, keeping everything within the palace and unknown to the outside world.

But on the continent of Alvis, hundreds of thousands of miles away, the arrival of the legendary ancestral golden dragon has caused an unprecedented elemental turbulence.

At the moment when Noah's dragon claws stretched out from the gap in space, almost all the legends on this continent felt Noah's arrival.

For the extraordinary people of the legendary level, the arrival of Noah is like a sun suddenly appearing in the sky above their heads, which is difficult to ignore.

For the extraordinary people who are close enough, they don’t need to be legendary. Even if they are below legendary, they can feel the majesty emanating from the existence called the Holy Dragon from the other side of the continent.

The place where Noah came was a war-torn land. There was no order and chaos everywhere. Thieves, robbers, bandits, and unidentified armed groups were fighting and looting resources on this land.

Everywhere there are refugees fleeing for their lives because of the chaos. Even the wilderness is now safer than densely populated towns.

This was the land of the former Principality of Gaoertai, but with the fall of Grand Duke Gaoertai, this country also collapsed.

Without the deterrence and protection of the legend, a large number of external forces poured in, regarded this place as a weak spot, and plundered it. Not only from the outside, but also from the inside, there were a large number of remaining aristocratic forces, who transformed themselves into warlords, or sent out family armed forces, disguised as bandits, and robbed the people.

The chaos in this land has lasted for nearly a year, but all the disputes in this land full of murder, plunder and even war ended today because of the arrival of a golden sun. Everyone was uneasy because of the arrival of the Holy Dragon. Even the refugees without any power could feel the vastness and grandeur of the sun above their heads, and the power contained in it that could cleanse the entire land.

However, Noah did not pay attention to any disputes and sufferings on this land, because the disputes on this land had nothing to do with him. His coming was only because of the existence of his eldest son.

Perhaps the chaos in this land, if traced back to its source, will fall on him, but Noah does not intend to be responsible for it. He is a holy dragon who owns his own territory. He is only responsible for the people who submit, are loyal to and follow him. Apart from this, Noah does not intend to waste any extra power.

His power was not yet strong enough to solve any suffering, so with his limited power, Noah chose to give priority to taking care of his subjects who were loyal to him.

"Holy Dragon!"

In the town which was basically in ruins and filled with dilapidated houses, several holy warriors in silver armor looked at the golden dragon hovering above their heads with shock in their eyes, with a look of surprise, and then astonishment and confusion.

As holy warriors, they certainly knew and understood the existence of holy dragons, even if they had never seen one. But at the first sight of the golden dragon above their heads, they knew Noah's identity, as if an unknown existence had told them.

However, even though he knew the identity of the gigantic, god-like golden dragon in front of him, the emotion that arose was confusion and puzzlement. Why did the holy dragon appear here?
Although the warriors under the Holy Dragon had quelled the abyss disaster that was raging in this town a year ago, no one asked for help from the forces under this existence this time. How did this existence suddenly come?

"Father!"

A shirtless young man who was building a wall looked up and saw the golden dragon above his head. He was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head in shame and uneasiness.

It turned out that ten years had passed in a daze, and he didn't accomplish anything in these ten years. Even though he found a very outstanding teacher, he didn't get the recognition of the Holy Light and become a true holy warrior.

"What are you doing?"

Noah lowered his head, looked at his offspring whose hands were covered in mud, and asked in a gentle voice.

“I’m building houses.”

“For whom?”

"A group of orphans who have lost their parents. Winter is coming and they need a place to keep warm."

Eliade explained.

"good."

The look in Noah's eyes grew gentler.

"good?"

Eliade raised his head in confusion, looking up at his father who seemed taller than the sun.

“I just built a wall.”

"But you built it well, didn't you?"

Noah laughed.

“Because that’s all I can do.”

Eliade laughed at himself. Over the past ten years, he had deeply experienced how difficult it was to survive as a mortal. This was even before he had the protection of a paladin teacher. Otherwise, his situation would have been even more embarrassing.

"As a mortal, you have done very well. You have done everything you can within your ability. You have not wavered in your original belief and you are still sticking to the path."

This is why Noah praised Eliade. Although ten years is not a long time, for the Son of the Holy Dragon who is not even fifty years old, ten years accounts for more than one fifth of his current life.

Moreover, in these ten years, he has experienced more things than in his entire life, and the impact has been more profound.

But even so, this offspring did not waver in his faith, nor did he try to escape. This was what made Noah feel relieved.

Facing difficult and arduous challenges, it is too easy to lie down and give up. After all, he is the son of the Holy Dragon, and it is impossible for him to encounter the fate of death.

He only needs to wait until the ten-year period is up, and then he will regain the identity he once had. He can go directly back to heaven and accept everything his mother has arranged for him.

"As your father, I am pleased with the choice you made."

Noah stretched out his dragon claws towards the tiny mortal below and touched his head.

"According to the original agreement, I will return everything you have to you."

As the last word of Sheng Long fell, the young man, who had already shown some signs of aging, bursts of golden light burst out from his body. His once mature face began to quickly regain its childishness, and all traces of time were wiped out.

However, regaining youth was only the most common change for the Son of the Holy Dragon at this moment. Brilliant golden light burst out from Iliad's body, which was rapidly growing in size. Six glorious wings surrounded by divine power stretched out from behind his back.

Along with the appearance of six wings, the four dragon horns that added majesty and dignity, and the golden dragon scales with sun patterns also reappeared on his body.

"I want to know, now that you have regained your power, what do you want to do most?"

Noah asked curiously as he looked at his eldest son who was trying to readjust to his body.

"I want to quell all the chaos in this land, restore order, and let the people here no longer suffer from war, just like the land under your protection."

Eliade raised his head and answered without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)